こきつかう

[こき使う] overwork

|他|《正式》(人・動物)を働かせすぎる， こき使う；…を働かせてくたくたにさせる

*sweat

/swét/ |他|《略式》(労働者)を低賃金［悪条件］でこき使う

boss O about ［around］

《略式》［けなして］(人)をあごでこき使う， 命令する

order O about ［around］

［けなして］(人)をこき使う， …にあれこれ命ずる

push about

［他］《略式》(人)をいじめる， こき使う， あごで使う

shove around

［他］(人)をこづき回す；《略式》(人)をこき使う.

▲He drives his workers (very hard). 彼は使用人をこき使う / make a slave of him 彼を奴隷のようにこき使う / work him to death 彼をこき使う / Why on earth does he work us so hard? いったいなんだって彼は我々をこんなにこき使うのだろうか.

こき使う
to work someone very hard

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こきつかう【こき使う】

overwork

|他|《正式》(人・動物)を働かせすぎる， こき使う；…を働かせてくたくたにさせる

*sweat

/swét/ |他|《略式》(労働者)を低賃金［悪条件］でこき使う

boss O about ［around］

《略式》［けなして］(人)をあごでこき使う， 命令する

order O about ［around］

［けなして］(人)をこき使う， …にあれこれ命ずる

push about

［他］《略式》(人)をいじめる， こき使う， あごで使う

shove around

［他］(人)をこづき回す；《略式》(人)をこき使う.

▲He drives his workers (very hard). 彼は使用人をこき使う

make a slave of him 彼を奴隷のようにこき使う

work him to death 彼をこき使う

Why on earth does he work us so hard? いったいなんだって彼は我々をこんなにこき使うのだろうか.

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こきつかう【扱き使う】

work sb hard; drive sb hard; exploit sb; use sb; push sb (hard); push sb around; keep sb hard at work; keep sb's nose to the grindstone; sweat 《one's employees》; have sb at one's beck and call.

●安い賃金で工員をこき使う exploit [sweat] workers for inadequate pay.

●あの医者は看護師を召使みたいにこき使う. That doctor orders [《口》 bosses, pushes] the nurses around as though they were servants. | That doctor exploits [uses] the nurses as if they were servants.

・安月給でこんなにこき使われてたまるもんか. I don't see why I should put up with being exploited [《口》 pushed around] like this for such a meager salary. | Why should I be forced to work my guts out for such a pittance?

・彼女は家政婦を体がもたないほどこき使った. She worked the help hard enough to endanger her health. | She worked the help until she was ready to drop [to death].